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I've been a marketing man a long time, but I've never been as appalled, outraged and saddened as I have over the "Frosty the Inappropriate Snowman" trailers created by CBS.
These trailers are not only morally bankrupt, they're the stupidest kind of marketing imaginable. The dirty-minded lunatics have definitely taken over the asylum this time.
Here's the background on the story:
CBS seems to have decided to re-cut scenes from its perennial classic Christmas cartoon tale, "Frosty the Snowman," with voiceover from two of its most depraved and dirty-minded sit-com characters played by Neil Patrick Harris and Charlie Sheen.
Apparently the idea was to cross-promote "Frosty," a holiday delight aimed at kids, airing on December 18th with its two adult shows "How I Met Your Mother" and "Two and a Half Men".
The result? A disgusting, amateurish marketing catastrophe for four distinct brands, shows Frosty talking about his "porn collection" while surrounded by crowds of smiling minors. What's wrong with these people? If you want to see for yourself, here is the link to the Neil Patrick Harris clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-jznmiufz8
Here's the damage as I see it:
CBS: Talk about insulting and possibly injuring your audience. Now when kids look up "Frosty the Snowman" online, there's a very good chance that they'll stumble on one of these two clips. Instead of being regaled with Christmas spirit, they'll be treated to Frosty talking about porn and picking up women. CBS is a venerable network, but this kind of desperate, depraved and hare-brained approach to marketing its properties will lead to serious questions about the strength of its brand, its management and its future, especially in the current environment where network television is one big question mark (i.e., after all, just this week Comcast made a deal to buy NBC). While it's out of my marketing purview, I'd go so far as to say that CBS's legal department might be putting in some overtime on this one.
"Frosty the Snowman:" Poor Frosty! What did he do to deserve having his snow-white image dragged through the mud? Nothing. But now it will be hard for many to watch the original without thinking about the smut. Already people are screaming about never being able to look at Frosty the same way again. This is about stealing people's memories of childhood and polluting the precious memories of children being formed at Christmas. In an age when big media is talking about the value of its content, this prized piece of content just took a body blow. This might just be the kind of heat that will permanently melt Frosty, magic hat or not. It's a true shame and totally unnecessary if CBS had simply remembered the Frosty brand.
"How I Met Your Mother" and "Two and a Half Men": These two shows might come out the best of all four brands in question. Bottom line: the adult content and cynicism of the "Frosty" clips is in keeping with the content and spirit of these shows. Still, it is possible that both the shows might lose viewers. Why? Because when you watch the "Frosty" clips you hear just how foul some of the dialogue of these shows is against the snow-white background of the cartoon –and with Adam Lambert being shunned recently for his lewd and lascivious behavior at the American Music Awards, isn't it possible that these shows might come under some pretty serious scrutiny? Moreover, the actors doing the voice-overs might lose respect because of their involvement in this debacle -- after all, they'll be seen as trashing "Frosty," a sacrosanct Christmas tradition, and indirectly hurting kids. So chalk up two more brands that might be damaged by this one very bad decision.
A few more points.
You hear people speak about demographics all the time. Presumably the demographic that watches "Frosty" and the demographic that watches the two adult shows are different. Not so.
The folks watching "How I Met Your Mother" and "Two and a Half Men" likely grew up with "Frosty." Around Christmastime, many from this same demographic probably tune back into "Frosty" for a trip down memory lane. -- They might even share their childhood experience with their own kids.
I can see the brainstorming at CBS that led to this disaster now… Wow, the same demographic will appreciate the humor of having foul things come out of Frosty's mouth. Brilliant!
Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
The fact is, you've got two demographics in the same person. When that fan of "How I Met Your Mother" watches "Frosty" he or she becomes a kid again, especially when they're watching it with their kids. No one wants to see their Christmas traditions dragged through the mud or be seen as being associated with something dirty in front of their wide-eyed kids.
There's also the issue of what I like to call "adpublitizing." I've defined "adpublitizing" as creating an ad that is sure to generate controversial coverage which promotes your brand for a low advertising cost. I wouldn't be surprised if adpublitizing was also part of CBS's plan. But in this case, the adpublitizing has backfired and the coverage will only do damage.
To tell the truth, I won't be unhappy if CBS's stunt does some damage and discourages this kind of thing from happening again, because only the worst kind of marketing crawls right out of the gutter and into our living rooms and the lives of our kids.
And remember, the business of business and the business of media is always easier when you keep marketing and branding in mind.
John Tantillo is a marketing and branding expert and president of the Marketing Department of America who markets his own services as The Marketing Doctor. He is a frequent contributor to the Fox Forum.
John Tantillo is branding editor for Fridge Magazine, the magazine for small business owners and entrepreneurs. He is the author of "People Buy Brands, Not Companies."


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Man jailed following fatal collision
News • Oct 12, 2017 13:41 BST
A man has been jailed for four years for causing the death of a pedestrian in south London.
John Mulligan, 33 (13.08.84) of Southerngate Way, SE14 was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Thursday, 12 October to four years' imprisonment and disqualified from driving for six years with a requirement for an extended re-test.
Mulligan was found guilty following trial at Woolwich Crown Court on Friday, 22 September of causing the death of Paul Weidlich.
At approximately 17:20hrs on 4 June 2016, Mulligan was driving a high-powered Volkswagen Golf TSI-R along Creek Road towards Deptford. He stopped at traffic lights alongside a BMW; CCTV footage captured the two vehicles pulling away at speed.
As the two cars approached Creek Bridge, Mulligan pulled ahead but as he neared a hatched area containing traffic islands, he switched lanes. His speed was calculated to be in excess of 52mph, in a 30mph zone.
With his vision impaired, due to the incline of the bridge over Deptford Creek, Mulligan collided with 54-year-old Mr Weidlich who was crossing the road.
Officers and the London Ambulance Service attended; Mr Weidlich was taken to a south London hospital where he died a short time later.
Mulligan stopped at the scene and was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He was charged by postal charge requisition on Friday, 24 February.
The driver of the BMW did not stop. Despite extensive enquiries, they have not been traced.
At the start of his trial, Mulligan pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving, but this was rejected by the Crown.


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Star Trek Year Four: The Enterprise Experiment #3 (Preview)
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The untold fourth year of the Enterprise's legendary five-year mission continues! A mysterious discovery on Loren 5 sets the stage for conflict between the Klingon Empire and the Federation. With the sudden absence of Organian intervention between the two powers, it could mean all out war. Now the crew of the Enterprise find themselves caught up in a race to discover the true nature of the secrets of Loren 5, as well as why the Organians have disappeared. From Star Trek grande dame D.C. Fontana and longtime Trek writer Derek Chester, with art by fan-favorite artist Gordon Purcell. The celebrated Sharp Brothers continue to provide covers for the series.


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Reform of the NHS will be high on the political agenda in 2017. The focus in recent days has been on social care, but this is only a part of the bigger challenge. As set out in the Five Year Forward View, citizens need a dynamic NHS with integrated services, harnessing technology to deliver care when and where it will have the greatest impact. Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) are charged with delivering this vision. Reform is carrying out research investigating whether they are likely to succeed, with findings to be published in the New Year. So far, weak accountability is emerging as a particular barrier to success.
An STP is not a legal body in its own right. It has no statutory duties. Instead, statutory responsibility lies with the individual organisations represented within it: the CCGs, provider trusts, local authorities and so on. Consequently, some local leaders of these organisations are experiencing tension between the interests of their own organisation and the STP footprint as a whole. There is no one person or body with the authority to make executive decisions.
Attempting to quash these concerns, Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, has described the STPs as simply "the right group of hospitals, GP services, mental health and community services, local government, social care and community groups getting together and saying, "If this is the funding available in our community, what is the best way of dealing with some of our long-term and deep-seated needs to join up services…?"" STPs should not, however, be discussion forums alone: they need to have the power to act.
Greater Manchester has attracted attention following the high-profile devolution of the health and social care budget, but even Greater Manchester does not seem to have all the answers. Its progress is usually attributed to devolution but IPPR has described the Greater Manchester deal as more akin to delegation. Rather than the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) being completely free to make its own decisions, it is limited by the agendas of national bodies. The creation of the GMCA added another layer of complexity, with existing bodies, such as CCGs, maintaining their statutory duties and responsibilities. Greater Manchester appears to be succeeding despite, rather than because of, the legislative framework.
There is little political appetite for another reorganisation of the NHS, but there is a clear need for a legislative framework that supports what the STPs are trying to do. Devolving more power to local bodies, be this local combined authorities, STP bodies or another collaborative, local approach, could be the way to free up leaders in local health systems to think about population-wide health rather than being forced to prioritise the interests of their own individual organisations. As Professor Terence Stephenson, chair of the General Medical Council, said, "We are … answerable to Parliament, not to the Government. We need Parliament to give us legislation fit for 2030, not fit for 1983."
Devolution does not need to mean the end of the National Health Service. National consistency can be maintained through national standards and goals. Accountability frameworks, however, need to allow local leaders to make decisions themselves about how to best serve their local populations if the STPs are to have the impact that they need to.
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Earlier this week, I read an article from ChipandCo (Others talked about it too) about a possible Zootopia themed land coming to Animal Kingdom. The article was extremely vague as to what that would entail, in typical ChipAndCo fashion. I was intrigued, and did a LOT digging into possible rumors, permits, and attractions for the land. I found nothing, but the lack of solid evidence actually generated more questions in my head: what would a Zootopia themed land actually look like?
ChipandCo claimed that Rafiki's Planet Watch/Conservation Station would be replaced by Zootopialand, which gives Imagineers a lot of space to work with:
The entire area Conservation Station/Rafiki's Planet Watch encompasses is roughly double the size of Pandora, and most of it is storage. Disney could very easily fit a Zootopia land into the area, but the question is will they?
A Zootopia themed land would somewhat fit Animal Kingdoms' theme, as the characters are animals. Disney doesn't really care about theming anymore, so a Disney property that somewhat fits a theme works for them. The biggest issue would be costs: A Zootopia themed land, unless Disney just reskinned Rafiki's Planet Watch, would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build small skyscrapers and the individual sections. The skyscrapers may also ruin the view from Asia, as they would most likely be able to be seen above the trees. These conflicting sight lines may be enough for Disney cancel it, however it's possible Disney may be able to fit the land in without ruining sight lines.
So there are two options to bring Zootopia to Animal Kingdom:
- A full Zootopia themed land
What I imagine a Zootopia themed land would look like:
I flipped the four sections of Zootopia so that the Rainforest District was closest to AK so the trees can block the skyscrapers of Downtown. The rest of the land is identical to the movie: The train tours the four sections before coming to a stop in downtown. In this land, each section would be dedicated to the animals that live in each climate/area, and would carry a similar theme to Conservation Station in that aspect. Obviously, there would be characters and references galore to go along with that, and maybe one or two rides, space permitting.
2. A reskin of Conservation Station with Zootopia characters
The other option is the less creative but more realistic option: A simple reskin of the attraction to include characters from Zootopia.
That's all I have. If anything is announced at D23 this year (Which is possible as construction would take 5+ years to complete), I'll update this post or write a new post dedicated to what we know about the land. That was the original plan for this post, but there was no solid evidence or great rumors surrounding this themed land.


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A Review of Susan Kelly-DeWitt's A Camellia for Judy
The poems in Susan Kelly-DeWitt's chapbook, A Camellia for Judy, are poems of grieving and redemption. They are poems of a place. They are humble poems. Kelly-DeWitt can invest nature with intense feeling, and yet not sentimentalize it. Sometimes she shows it in such brutal honesty as to be almost morbid, but the poems always end on a note of hope; they are never the condescending poems of one who feels superior.
Kelly-DeWitts's poems have been published in such places as Poetry, Prairie Schooner, New Letters, Another Chicago Magazine, and The Montserrat Review. She has studied with Sandra McPherson at U.C. Davis and with the late Denise Levertov at Stanford, as a Wallace Stegner Fellow. Her work has been anthologized, notably in Heyday Books' Highway 99: A Literary Journey Through California's Great Central Valey (1996), She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and the title poem of this volume, "A Camellia for Judy," won the 1998 literary prize from Another Chicago Magazine. She deserves a shiny book from a university press, but that has not happened.
I'm glad Frith Press has brought out the few poems that are packaged in this unassuming chapbook. As if following the dictum of William Carlos Williams, "No idea but in things," Kelly-DeWitt's poems show so much in a few lines – a scene, an epiphany, a deeply felt emotion. They also share the craft and erudition, as well as the empathy and compassion, of Kelly-DeWitt's teacher Denise Levertov. Perhaps their humility comes from being rooted in a place whose time has not yet come. And that may be a good thing. They are not full of themselves.
The Sacramento Valley is popularly viewed as a literary desert, where people have poured in from other places and are rushing along freeways to get somewhere else. But Susan Kelly-DeWitt was born in Northern California and has lived in the Sacramento Valley since high school. She chronicles what is lost and preserves what abides. This is the landscape of her felt life. In their simplicity, these poems go to the heart of the place. Here, her heart opens to the people, animals and plants – some native, some immigrants – alongside the freeways, like "Egrets Along the Yolo Causeway," and under bridges, like Judy, the woman who inspired the book.
Having taught poetry to male offenders in Northern California prisons and to aspiring women artists who have often been rendered homeless fleeing the abuse of men, Kelly-DeWitt has seen individuals of both these groups wracked by alcoholism, addiction and mental illness.
In "Prison Garden," the poet contrasts a rose garden tended by prisoners with the "craft" born of the prisoners' will to survive. The prison garden has "a sculpture // built from manacles and prison rock. ..." Guards search there for homemade knives; prisoners will "craft // weapons from twist ties, paper clips, even melted plastic / garbage bags, last year someone was killed by // a newspaper spear. ..."
The poet, in focusing on clearly seen particulars, avoids sentimentality. "There's also agapanthus here—" she continues, "gazania, zauschneria, ceanothus: Drought // tolerant, xeric plants. They'll never have to pray: / Lord how I thirst in this dry place."
In the economy of her words, the enjambments and perfected line endings cascading to a surprising end, Kelly-DeWitt proves herself a careful editor of her work. Her wit detaches her enough to transform suffering. Some of her best poems are short and metaphysical, like the following:
Every year the river of fire
enters them.
They welcome
the fire though they know
it will consume them.
They exult in their burning
skin! This is the mystery
we were born for.
The poet may seem to anthropomorphize nature until you realize it is her own intense feeling that invests the subjects of her poem with pain and joy. Feeling life so keenly carries with it an equally keen appreciation of death. With the knowledge that everything will die comes a great love for all things.
"A Camellia for Judy," the title poem, and the longest poem in the volume, celebrates a woman who has gone uncelebrated all her life. She is a woman who has lived on river banks, among other detritus of the Sacramento, "Ticks, water striders, night feeders, rat // droppings, rat face opossums, ash / tree like Yggdrasils binding earth // to heaven and hell, earwigs, snake- / flies, skinks..." "Everywhere I go I ask, Have you seen Judy?" Which means to me that the poet is familiar with the places that Judy, with such a slender hold on sanity, might go; besides the poet, she is sought only by "A river patroller's flash- // light, badgers, wolf spiders, the itch / of vetch, white lie of the skunk, slime, // butts, grit, bum urine, owl scat, spit."
Many of the poems that lead up to this one have flowers in their titles — "My Grandmother's Lace Cap Hydrangea," "Daylilies," "Sunflowers," "Noticing the Reds in Van Gogh' Irises" — as though Kelly-DeWitt has looked at many flowers for Judy, but has decided finally that the camellia is exactly right, "...a lone camellia, a perfect double "Purity" / japonica, ruffled as Kahlo's extravagant bride // with the spirit of Judy painted invisibly on / it, like a third eye...." Some of these flower poems are ablut people in Kelly-DeWitt's own family, like her grandmother, wearing "Nothiing so dainty / as eyelet nighties / or brocade slippers," as the hydrangea that recalls her does, but a "shaved head... greased for a sixth // electroshock."
The people evoked by flowers demonstrate the poet's personal history of pain; it goes beyond pity to compassion for Judy, a woman Kelly-DeWitt likely met and befriended through her teaching, who, though beaten down by life, had a spark of artistic talent. The poet captures the uses of suffering in art.
Blatant women
of the fields, the birds
peck out your eyes.
Perhaps that is why
Van Gogh painted you
out of compassion.
What a pure light
he cast into your heavy
vulnerable faces
gathering in
all that ragged
Although the poems may be political in that they ache for change and mourn injustice, they are not written from a political agenda. Kelly-DeWitt uses the skill of the painter in evoking redemptive beauty in a few strokes. It would have been so easy to end with "A Camellia for Judy," but one poem follows, "The Snail," a poem of grieving:
The Snail
I watch his narcotic plodding
across the Great Web of Being
or this one radial of it
which happens to be my slate
walk coming alive to morning
sunlight. Last night I spent
hours staring into the agate wells
which were the eyes of the old
and sick, as if they were spirals
whirling at the center of the Great
Void. If you've been there you know
many cried out in their fright
and helplessness. I was gripped
by a spiritual paralysis. Then
I came home again. I plodded
up this very path past the beds
of flaring cosmos where the snail
is just now headed with his urges
intact. It was late and I slept
badly while the Sturgeon Moon bled
a luminescent trail across the river.
Once more, the poet moves from generalization ("The Great Web if Being") to the limited scope of her own life. At the end, the moon echoes the snail's slime, "narcotic plodding." The poet also plodded, "up this very path past the beds / of flaring cosmos."
In the end, we can see that Susan Kelly-DeWitt's small world is our world, and we are all part of "the Great Web of Being."


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Our ruling class prefers immigrants to Americans. Who are they more worried about those here illegally or citizens?
– Conservative Pundit Tucker Carlson, November 1, 2017
Our ruling class prefers immigrants to Americans. Who are they more worried about those here illegally or citizens?
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You do not make legislation out of anomalies. Our big issue is black African gun crime against black Africans. It is a tragedy. Go to Chicago, go to cities run by Democrats for forty years, black young men are murdering each other by the bushel.
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It's hard to suck a milkshake through a straw," says Adrian Del Maestro, assistant professor of physics. Not so with helium. When cooled to just above absolute zero, it forms a bizarre state of matter, called a superfluid, "that has no friction," Del Maestro says. "It's a perfect liquid." Once it has been stirred, a closed ring filled with superfluid helium will continue circulating for months.
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Folklore's Filter: Race, Place, and Sacred Harp Singing
Karlsberg, Jesse P.
Dissertation (312 pages)
Committee Chair / Thesis Adviser: Tullos, Allen
Committee Members: Moon, Michael ; Reed, Walter L ; Miller, Kiri (Brown University); Steel, David Warren (University of Mississippi);
Research Fields: Music; American Studies; History, United States
Keywords: music; race; place; folk; ethnobibliography; folksong; folklore; bibliography; music history; whiteness; geography; Sacred Harp; shape-note music; nineteenth century; twentieth century; United States South; southern studies; vernacular; vernacular publishing
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This dissertation examines the impact of folklorization on Sacred Harp's associations with race and place. Although The Sacred Harp tunebook features music with racially diverse origins whose composers span a vast geography, scholars in the twentieth century came to associate the tunebook with Anglo-Celtic whiteness and the southern upcountry of the United States, regarding its black singers as exceptional.
I trace this perception of Sacred Harp's race and place to George Pullen Jackson's German Romanticism-inspired desire to identify a Scotch-Irish American folk music and to racial and institutional pressures limiting John W. Work III's research on Sacred Harp. The racing and placing of Sacred Harp thanks to what I call "folklore's filter" influenced white folk festival promoters who rediscovered Work's depiction of black Sacred Harp singing in the 1960s and 1970s and attempted to stage racially mixed groups of Sacred Harp singers as evidence of progress toward racial unity.
Sacred Harp singers negotiated these narratives and popular conceptions of the style in revising The Sacred Harp tunebook during the twentieth century. For the tunebook's editors in the 1910s and 1980s, reimagining the music, design, and bibliographic form of The Sacred Harp offered an opportunity to hash out anxieties about social change by trying to present this old music as relevant to contemporaneous practitioners. The ramifications of Sacred Harp's whitewashing persist today, informing a narrative of Sacred Harp singing in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries that emphasizes the growth of a predominantly white "revival" of Sacred Harp singing in the wake of the folk music movement. This genealogy excludes vital networks of black shape-note gospel singings unrecognizable as Sacred Harp through folklore's filter.
This account of Sacred Harp's print history and passage through folklore's filter illuminates connections between music's print culture and the networks and social movements in which it is embedded. The Sacred Harp and its singings and singers offer an opportunity to explore links between music's dynamic vernacular print culture and its circulation and reception and to analyze the interactions between the civil rights movement, the folk music movement, and the diverse populations they engaged.
Table of Contents
Introduction • 1
Sacred Harp Singing • 3
Studying Sacred Harp and Related Shape-note Singing • 11
Vernacular Publishing and Folklore's Filter: A Look Ahead • 21
Chapter 1. Musically Conservative and "Materially Modern": Social Politics of Shape-note Genres and Book Production Technology in the 1911 Original Sacred Harp • 25
Introduction • 25
Musical Hybridity and Bibliographical Modernization in the Sacred Harp Revisions of Wilson Marion Cooper and James Landrum White • 33
"Material Modern Improvement": Aesthetics of Contemporaneity in Joseph Stephen James's 1911 Original Sacred Harp • 36
"All the Old Features": History and Religiosity in Original Sacred Harp • 49
Contemporaneity and Conservatism in Original Sacred Harp's "Standard Melodies" • 55
Sacred Harp Singing and the Anxieties of New South Boosterism • 71
Conclusion • 73
Chapter 2. Embracing the "Old" in "Old-Fogy": Musical Conservatism and Digital Retypesetting in the Revision of The Sacred Harp: 1991 Edition • 75
Introduction • 75
Erasure, Uniformity, and Modernity in Original Sacred Harp's Digital Retypesetting • 78
Including Billings, Excluding Gospel, Embracing a National Imagined Textual Community: The 1991 Edition's Musical Conservatism • 96
Old or "Old Fogy": Negotiating Sacred Harp's Associations with the Past • 105
Gospel Publishers, Hand-Stenciling, and Digital Retypesetting in the Late Twentieth- and Early Twenty-first-century Revisions of the Cooper Book • 112
Old-Fogy Vernacularity and "User Friendly" Digital Typesetting: Promoting Sacred Harp Singing in Texas, 1991-2012 • 118
Conclusion • 124
Chapter 3. "For What Purpose We Do Not Know": Race, Folklore Genealogies, and the Study of Sacred Harp Singing in the Jim Crow Era • 127
Introduction • 127
George Pullen Jackson and Folklore's German Romantic Filter • 130
John W. Work III, Black Spirituals, and the Veil • 142
Jackson's Vision of Black Sacred Harp Singing • 154
"Deeply Rooted": Work on Black Sacred Harp Singing in the Alabama Wiregrass • 170
Coda: "The Reception and Program of Jubilee Music … in Honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt" • 178
Chapter 4. Staging Equality: Sacred Harp and Racial Disparity at Civil Rights Era Festivals and Field Sites • 181
Introduction • 181
Folklore's Filter and the Social Imaginary • 184
Selectively Staging the "Beloved Community" at the Newport Folk Festival • 188
Shifting Racial Imaginaries in the Field: Negotiating Race and Recording in the Alabama Wiregrass • 200
Conclusion • 223
Chapter 5. Negotiating Race: Sacred Harp Singing and Folklore's Filter • 225
Introduction • 225
Performing Desegregation and Equality on the National Mall • 227
Facing Folklore's Filter: State Support of the Wiregrass Singers and Representing Black Sacred Harp Singing at the 1979 Rural Hymnody Symposium • 243
"Other Harpers May Look with Disdain on this … 'Heresy'": Black Shape-note Singing outside Folklore's Filter • 255
Conclusion • 265
Works Cited • 281
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- Format
- Books
- Paperback / Softback
- Publisher
- Quivertree Publications
- 9780992206277
- Date Of Publication
- 23 July 2014
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
Sonia, South Africa. 6 November 2014
Excellent resource and at an even better price!
Geoffrey, South Africa. 21 August 2014
Wonderful service. Ordered one day delivered the next day. Recommend the book for good health.
anita, South Africa. 2 April 2014
A life changing experience - have been banting since January 2014, and the results are beyond expectation. So much energy, no more unhealthy cravings, feeling on top of the world!
Christopher, South Africa. 8 May 2014
Great book. It will change how you eat without breaking the bank. This book is by a South African for South Africans and this is why we enjoy it so much. There are no hard to find ingredients or insanely expensive meals in here, instead you will find the majority of the items at your local supermarket.
What we liked is the introduction that clears up what this diet is all about and who this diet is for. The recipes are each on their own page with a picture of the meal on the opposite one. I rather like this as its easier to focus on the recipe you are working on,
If you only buy this to use as a guideline or to compliment your existing South African cookbooks, you will still get a lot of value out of it.
Brenda, South Africa. 16 April 2014
Excellent!! I've lost 7kgs in 5 weeks. It's worth the effort.
Heath, South Africa. 25 July 2014
Font is a bit difficult to read at a glance but it's well put together.
Lacks dessert options, which I've found are pretty tricky to do LC, but have found decent ones online.
Shaan, South Africa. 22 May 2014
Absolutely love this book! Recipes are easy to follow, delicious and the whole concept of eating this way makes so much sense. My whole family eat this way as well as my extended family and every member that needed to lose weight is losing. I have lost 5,3kgs in my first 3 weeks! We are all feeling much healthier, don't get hungry and have loads of energy. Great book and worth the buy! ***** :))))
Tarryn-ann, South Africa. 9 April 2015
Started reading the book and there are some interesting facts about healthy eating. Haven't tried the recipes yet, but going to try them soon.
Sandra Michelle, South Africa. 28 October 2014
Excellent value, excellent book :)
Louise, South Africa. 6 May 2015
Excellent book - my mother has lost astounding amount of weight on this diet too.
Keith, South Africa. 27 October 2014
Great book. If you want to loose weight this is the book for you. I'm a diabetic and since I followed the instructions in this book my doctor took me off insulin, permanently! Great buy!
HE, South Africa. 5 February 2015
This book is a life changer. I was a consultant to Heart Foundation for 15 years - and I am throwing my lot in with Tim. Go easy on dairy I discovered when I hit a wall. And coconut smoothie is obligatory so just get used to the idea.
Other than that this diet is a breeze.
The book is a work of art. The food photography is awesome. Good luck to all the food loving Banters out there. There is life while dieting!
Vanessa, South Africa. 31 March 2014
Five star rating. Excellent service getting my order and am over the moon with my new purchase. Cannot wait to start cooking.......thank you!
Jason, South Africa. 31 March 2014
Fantastic book! I'm a big fan of Tim Noakes, although I know others don't share my opinion. But even if you don't agree with him, this book is worth a read - his section regarding the science behind Banting is interesting, and I'm sure will make even the most ardent hater see some sense in the idea. The recipes are very useful, too. Well worth a read.
Kim, South Africa. 9 May 2014
It's a true revolution. The book is a great read with great advice and recipes. If this is a lifestyle you want to follow then this is the book you need to buy!
Marilize, South Africa. 5 December 2014
awesome recipes!
Maahir, South Africa. 29 October 2015
Excellent book layout with high definition pictures. Will definitely recommend this to anyone following the no carb way of life.
Estelle, South Africa. 1 July 2015
Excellent book to learn all about banting!
Johan, South Africa. 22 August 2014
We hope to join the revolution and be healthier. Time will tell...
Carol, South Africa. 17 July 2015
Great for unique ideas.
Rikke, South Africa. 16 April 2014
This book is amazing, even if you are not following a paleo diet (banting, low carb) though I'd be careful about the fat and calories consumed IF still eating carbs! It's a fantastic and very easy to follow recipe book and I love the way it's written, simple but yet so to the point. I have had the book for less than a week and already made 6 of the recipes, more than I have ever made out of any cook book.
Beverley, South Africa. 30 March 2015
I had healthy medical statistics when I bought into the Real Meal Revolution way. After 8 months, my cholesterol is now high risk and I have gained weight.
I guess I am part of the percentage the RML does not work for. It is very alarming to find myself in this position and trying to find a way back to good health.
Michael, South Africa. 29 August 2014
Not as comprehensive as I had expected nor does it seem to provide easily affordable, easily followed, even if seriously dull, alternatives. Recipes are excellent but, quite honestly, require a dedication beyond my ability. A good effort, but probably not something the average person can stay with for the long haul.
Helen, South Africa. 20 August 2014
Excellent book.
Franklin Colin, South Africa. 10 March 2016
Awesome book. I would recommend it to my family overseas.
Clinton, South Africa. 31 October 2014
awesome product, awesome service
Susan, South Africa. 20 November 2014
Extremely interesting, insightful and thought provoking.
Pieter, South Africa. 17 September 2014
Great book, delivery was within 2 days. Only reason for not giving 5 stars, no dessert recipes.
Lucy, South Africa. 29 April 2014
This is the most delicious way to lose weight! The book is very informative, and the recipes are quite easy. To get all the basic ingredients is a bit costly, but it replaces a lot of items you would normally buy, so after month 1 all costs should even out.
Rene, South Africa. 11 March 2015
I think it is a very interesting book.
Deon, South Africa. 22 July 2015
What surprised me is the lack of dogmatic statements in this book. It was as if the authors were discussing a lifestyle with me rather than preaching to me. Very informative. Well designed.
ADRIAN, South Africa. 23 April 2014
Awesome book......a must have!!!!!
Marieta, South Africa. 29 June 2015
A comprehensive guide to the banting diet
Adrian, South Africa. 9 May 2014
Great book
Niall, South Africa. 16 April 2014
Great book!
Jennifer, South Africa. 4 February 2015
I have used some of the recipes, as well as made a few changes to them, to suit my taste. I LOVE this book! The fact that I don't have to pay extra in the supermarkets for fat-free goods is an added bonus! And the weight loss and maintenance thereof does work. The only negative part is that the nut flours and sweeteners are quite a bit more expensive than regular.
Susan, South Africa. 5 January 2018
A life-changing approach with this fantastic book which not only explains the benefits of low carb and a balanced way of eating, but it is choc-a-bloc with great-tasting recipes!
Valerie, South Africa. 22 April 2014
A whole "new"(back to roots)way of looking at eating! Makes perfect sense.
Joanne, South Africa. 17 July 2014
An excellent read and has all the "technical' info you need as well as yummy recipes
Leigh, South Africa. 16 May 2014
Yummy recipes, you don't even miss the starch. And I lost 1.1kg's in 3 days
Doriane, South Africa. 26 September 2014
Great new ideas and an excellent concept. Delicious recipe ideas too!
Gary, South Africa. 25 August 2014
Great product - the journey has begun
Leone, South Africa. 17 July 2014
Excellent service!! Quick and fast respons to order and delivery!
Leanne, South Africa. 11 November 2014
Worth every penny and more - beautifully illustrated - and written - enjoying the recipes... truly a revolution.
Massimo, South Africa. 19 September 2014
Good informative read....
Dylan, South Africa. 20 May 2014
Very cool book and worth keeping on the order list!
Sanet, South Africa. 22 July 2014
Excellent book. Easy to read and the recipes are amazing. First time in my life that I cook out of a recipe book!
Ryan, South Africa. 4 February 2015
good insightful book...been doing this dieat for a year before getting the book,already lost lots of weight.
Andrew, South Africa. 16 April 2014
We bought the book as a Gluten Free cook book due to dietary requirements, and it is excellent! The fact that each recipe has a picture makes you want to try more and more. Brilliant buy!
Pieter, South Africa. 22 October 2015
A valuable book of advice for slimming but is it practical? Very difficult to follow exclusively.
Faiz Alie, South Africa. 5 September 2014
Awesome book! Highly recommended
Sharon, South Africa. 9 July 2014
Very interesting read & will recommend it to everyone who is interested in different food & diet concepts.
Warren, South Africa. 31 March 2014
Excellent book!
Danie, South Africa. 25 May 2014
Excellent book. Following this lifestyle I have lost 14kg and have now maintained my loss for just over a year. It is revolutionary in its thinking but once you get over the disbelief that eating saturated fat is good for you, the rest is much easier to "swallow".
Surina, South Africa. 1 July 2014
loving every page of it thus far. What a great combination of science (in understandable language for the mere mortal) and culinary delight. Absolute genius!
julie, South Africa. 22 April 2014
Great recipes and info
Anya, South Africa. 27 May 2015
Love it... it is just amazing how easy everything is when one understand... doing the RMR course online and it is just the best way of eating after four weeks I feel healthy and do not need to have B12 injection every second day my energy levels is so much better... an amazing book also
Steven, South Africa. 9 May 2014
AMAZING recipes (& evidence)!
If u don't eat by these rules - enjoy diabetes,cancer, and heart disease
If u do eat by these rules- enjoy steak, cream ,& cheese
Jenny, South Africa. 20 May 2014
Good book. Glad I bought it. Excellent service from Takealot.
Charmaine, South Africa. 1 July 2014
The book is every bit as good as I heard. The recipes are great.
deon, South Africa. 1 July 2014
Awesome recipe's with minimum ingredients.
Kirchner, South Africa. 10 March 2015
After I quit smoking I started picking up quite a bit of weight. Since following the guidelines from the book and also the website, I have already begun to lose significant weight after two weeks!
Celeste, South Africa. 19 August 2014
Joanne, South Africa. 24 March 2017
Superbly informative as well as easy to follow recipes. This book has actually changed my life!
Angie, South Africa. 28 August 2014
Excellent service from takealot. awesume book
Brenda, South Africa. 1 September 2014
Easy to read and extremely interesting!
David, South Africa. 27 August 2014
Good easy to read book with some really good recipes. I like the Green; Orange; Red lists, which ensure an easy reference guide when shopping.
Gerald, South Africa. 28 August 2014
I received the book a week ago and have found it very informative. I have tried a few of the recipes and they are very good. All in all a very good buy.
Chantel, South Africa. 10 December 2014
This book is fantastic, everyone in my household needs to shed some extra weight and this has made it easy. We love the meals and the green/orange/red lists has made it easy to shop.
Our GP recommended it as he has lost 24kg in a 5 month period using this book. We started a month ago and we have all lost about 6kg each. I am sure this will become a way of life for us now.
Thank you to all the authors for taking the time to develop this book.
Roger, South Africa. 3 July 2015
Great book...great science....makes sense....so far very good and seems to work.
|Margie, South Africa. 25 September 2014
Practical.common sense approach to dieting, makes perfect sense!!!
Melanie-Ann, South Africa. 25 September 2014
Excellent book.
Mlungisi, South Africa. 24 November 2014
Love the book. It's simple to understand, doesn't have too much scientific jargon (just a little bit!) and of course if what's in the book doesn't work for you, try something else. The recipes and food visuals are also a good addition to the book.
bruno, South Africa. 27 July 2015
love the recipes
Bonnie, South Africa. 22 January 2015
Extremely amazing new way to look at a good healthy lifestyle for me and my family!!! Even the kids enjoy it, and we have lots loads of weight in the 1st week already!
Monique, South Africa. 17 July 2015
Awesome recipies! Knowing you can eat fatty foods (especially bacon), makes it worthwhile!
linda, South Africa. 10 December 2014
was looking for more basic recipes
Ted, South Africa. 10 December 2015
I have been interested in LCHF diets for many years. However, reading the latest science clearly shows that there are far healthier ways to eat (whole foods, plant-based) which Noakes et al. completely ignore in this book. If you are interested in your _long-term_ health I cannot recommend this book.
Linda, South Africa. 30 March 2015
Easy to read and understand with great recipes to inspire you.
Christine, South Africa. 3 June 2015
As good as I expected it to be
Engela, South Africa. 16 January 2015
Delivery was on time and the book is worth every cent!!!
Lara, South Africa. 21 January 2015
Better than I expected!!!!
S, South Africa. 9 February 2015
Delicious recipes and easy to prepare.
Mohammad, South Africa. 22 October 2015
Brilliant book. Its more than a book on banting, it comes loaded with recipes that will help you on your journey. An essential in every kitchen.
ntheki, South Africa. 10 February 2015
i would really love to have this book
Heather, South Africa. 24 February 2015
Very happy with the book and contains the information I was looking for.
Anabel Giddy, South Africa. 25 February 2015
It really works! Excellent
Matsidiso, South Africa. 14 December 2015
I am enjoying the book, so much to lean and meals to prepare without too much effort, love it
Janine, South Africa. 21 June 2017
This is a great book. Nice recipes and I will definitely be using it as a balanced diet.
helen, South Africa. 1 September 2015
At long last, a way of living not just another diet plan. It was no stress at all to do the mind shift and the big bonus is that I do not have cravings and do not have those dreadful hunger pangs. The food is absolutely delicious and I got so inspired that I started my own vegetable garden!
Claudia, South Africa. 8 March 2016
Fantastiese boek saam raising super heros. Nou 'n jaar op banting en ek kyk nie terug nie. Af van alle chroniese medikasie vir artritis en dit het soos 'n nuwe begin gevoel 'n kans op 'n tweede lewe. Dankie Tim Noakes jy bly baie mense se hero.
Klara Therese, South Africa. 14 May 2015
Excellent recipes
Chantal, South Africa. 10 July 2015
shirley, South Africa. 30 March 2016
Awesome book, user friendly and informative.
The way of eating really works for weight loss
would recommend it to anyone who needs to shed a few
Matshedisho, South Africa. 20 February 2018
Sameer, South Africa. 25 November 2016
Lost 15kg in 3 months. Thank you Mr Noakes!
Brilliant book, not only does it include recipes but also goes through the science and history of the human diet, as well as why our current diets went so far off course.
Carol, South Africa. 8 February 2016
This is not a balanced diet and therefore I would not follow it. The lack of fruit in particular is concerning.
Linda, South Africa. 2 February 2016
Every recipe I have tried from this book has been amazing. One month in (banting) and I am already seeing results. Highly recommended.
Glen, South Africa. 19 July 2016
So far its working for me, the recipes also give some great ideas.
The Food Bible, South Africa. 16 April 2016
Quite simply, the only cook book you will ever need - I (potentially blasphemously) call it The Bible!!!
Rachel, South Africa. 7 July 2017
recipes are great
Liz, South Africa. 1 August 2016
THIS IS NOT A DIET. It is a radical game changer and will influence the way you think about food forever.
Janice, South Africa. 29 November 2016
Lovely quality book with lots of recipes and photographs and very easy to use. Would highly recommend to anyone interested in Banting.
Lyn, South Africa. 1 December 2016
Easy to read, beautifully laid out with mouthwatering, easy to prepare recipes. Good enough to be a coffee table book!
george, South Africa. 8 November 2017
Nadia, South Africa. 9 December 2016
the best gift I ever bought - my body is very hasppy after using the book and recipes for the first week :) LAready 3kg down, and feeling great! WHOOP WHOOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Vanessa, South Africa. 3 November 2016
Well worth the purchase. Wonderful recipes, easy & every day ingredients.
Wesaal, South Africa. 4 June 2016
Simone, South Africa. 16 November 2016
Great book! Highly recommended!
David, South Africa. 5 July 2016
This book has changed my life and as someone that was always against the banting programme the scientific evidence is simple and logical.
Johanvdm, South Africa. 8 December 2015
Great product! lost 15kg in about 6 months. great lifestyle change.
Elizabeth, South Africa. 16 December 2017
Exactly what I was looking for.
Derek, South Africa. 21 December 2016
not well documented.anyone who sets out to be persuaded that this diet will really work for you will be horribly disappointed. good recipes and pics
Margaret, South Africa. 24 December 2016
Jacques, South Africa. 9 February 2016
Terri, South Africa. 8 December 2015
Very informative with great recipe ideas which are easy to follow
Nikki, South Africa. 9 August 2017
Many thanks for speedy service
Bonita, South Africa. 11 August 2016
Excellent recipes and great read altogether
ASSUNTA, South Africa. 20 January 2017
A brilliant buy ! Besides the information on Banting which is factual and concise, the recipes are world class.
Amanda, South Africa. 9 September 2016
Really nice recipes in this book......love it!!!!
Jaco, South Africa. 7 July 2016
Very good overall, only negatives for me would be the damage sustained around the box. Been seeing allot of these deliveries lately.
Francois, South Africa. 13 January 2016
Very good informative book with relevant recipes. Tested a few up to now and all very nice. The book itself is very good.
Martem, South Africa. 1 November 2016
Valuable insights into a new lifestyle
Allison, South Africa. 7 March 2016
This book is written in an easy to read manner. The chapters are short and concise. The recipes are easy to make with not too fancy ingredients.
Lizzie, South Africa. 15 November 2017
Great recipe book with fabulous pictures!
Euodia, South Africa. 27 October 2016
This book is perfect, it really is a life changer, not just a recipe book.
Logan, South Africa. 1 September 2016
Excellent book for teenagers to read
Theo, South Africa. 31 August 2016
It really is the Best-Seller of our time.
Mankind is slowly beginning to see the great benefits of eliminating
all sugars and excess Carbohydrates( starches) to lose weight and regain good health.
This is the book to have.
Majona, South Africa. 30 August 2016
life made easy with daily menus and healthy eating plan easy to make and tasty too


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Guilin Botanical Garden
Guilin Botanical Garden is a must-see for all visitors traveling to China, especially for those who are looking to spend some quality time in tranquil and respite. The park is dotted with almost 3000 types of plants including medicinal herb, endemic, and endangered plants.
Founded in 1958, Guilin Botanical Garden is one of the ten oldest botanical gardens in the country, covering up to 47.9 hectares. It is located in the foothills of Yanshan town, Guilin, China, and is the habitat of South Asian tropical plant species, small ponds, different types of birds, etc. The trees, shrubs, and plants are well groomed and manicured here, allowing the visitors to enjoy beautiful landscape scenario.
The park is a nice place for kids because it has plastic toys for them to play and several rides for them to enjoy. Moreover, each plant in the park is introduced in Chinese, making it easy for them to learn about nature.
While walking around the park, you can enjoy the fabulous views of the lakeside area and the Elephant Bridge rock formation. Some little ponds are scattered around the park near which the visitors can enjoy some relaxed moments. The ponds are the habitat of koi fish and water plants like lotus flowers, offering calm natural sound of running water coupled with stunning views.
You can just come to the park and indulge yourself into the restful surroundings. Sit and relax or just walk around and watch people doing their dance performances, ti chi session, exercises, etc. You can also make a visit to the large shopping mall standing across the road from the garden. Shop there, meet and greet with local people, and enjoy good quality food in the huge food court inside.
There is an amusement park behind the shopping mall where you can take rides on Ferris wheel, boats, jump from parachutes, and riding on the ghost train. It is a nice place to spend some time with fun and excitement.
In short, you can:
- Watch the views of lakeside area and Elephant Rock formation
- Watch the koi fishes and water plants in the small ponds
- Just walk around and enjoy the beautiful natural views
- Indulge yourself into the restful surroundings
- Go shopping and eating into the nearby shopping mall
- Spend some exciting time at the nearby amusement park
Top-Rated Attractions Nearby
Sanhua Wine Culture Museum
Go to the foot of the Elephant Mountain to visit the Sanhua Wine Culture Museum. It displays old photographs that represent Guilin's history of the liquor in the last century.
Guilin Museum
After a visit to the botanical garden, you can go to the Guilin Museum in Xishan Park, which is one of the top 100 History and Culture museums in the country. It has a wide collection of 21,500 cultural relics including artifacts from Qing and Ming dynasties.
Former Residence and Office of Li Zongren
Go to the south bank of Shan Lake to take a look at the former residence and office of Li Zongren, who had a significant influence on the modern history of China.
When to Visit
The garden is suitable to visit at any time of the year, as it remains cool and tranquil even during the hot summer days! However, you may want to avoid the winter season when there is not too much life around.
How to Get There
From Guilin Train Station: Take bus no.10 from outside the train station and exit at the last stoppage, Botanical Garden.
From Guilin Bus Station: Take bus no.10 from the bus station and the Botanical Garden is the last stoppage.
You can also take taxi from the outside of both the bus and train stations.


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At Ailola Buenos Aires we want to get you as excited as possible about life in Argentina. That's why we've prepared the following information and services for your arrival and first day with us. Take a look!
In a palace in Buenos Aires, a friendly Spanish school staff member logs into Skype for students from around the world to add her. Why? Part of the Ailola Buenos Aires experience is our pre-arrival group Q&A session via Skype, which takes place 1 to 2 times per month and allows us to address students' unique questions about how to get to Argentina, about life in Buenos Aires, and about our language classes!
Ailola Buenos Aires is no language factory! We're committed to ensuring our classes are small, personalized and communication-orientated. To make sure we achieve our goals, we've designed a placement test that will calculate the right spot for you in one of our courses. Upon arrival to Buenos Aires you'll also meet our course coordinator, who'll have a light-hearted chat with you to test your oral skills.
Worried about the finer details of your arrival to Buenos Aires? We've got you covered. Check out the following options you have to get from the airport to your accommodation!
Note: For safety reasons, we do not recommend you take the taxis that wait outside Ezeiza airport terminal. Also, the public bus from Ezeiza airport is an option, but it can take several hours to reach Buenos Aires city.
While we hope to have done our best before your arrival to Argentina, at Ailola Buenos Aires we've also prepared an orientation program for once you get here! Direct and hands-on, this is a perfect opportunity to familiarize yourself with the school in preparation for the coming days and weeks of interactive language learning. It takes place at 9am on your first Monday of class.
At Ailola Buenos Aires, there's no holding back! Our emphasis on conversation means you'll be speaking Spanish even on your first day in Buenos Aires. Not so fast? For those worried about jet lag, try planning your journey so you arrive a few days before our Monday start dates! This way you'll have plenty of time for a siesta or two.
After your arrival to Argentina it's time to settle in to the good life! Here at Ailola Buenos Aires we've designed a range of services to ensure your arrival and first day run smoothly. These include:


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Aberdeen, the "Granite City" is a thriving and cosmopolitan city in the North East of Scotland. Being the oil capital of Europe, Aberdeen is very multi-cultural, with something for everyone. It is a handsome and historic, and home to some magnificent granite buildings. Aberdeen is blessed with amenities which cover a wide range of cultural activities and boasts a good selection of museums.
Situated between the Rivers Dee and Don, the City boasts some of the finest untouched countryside in the UK. Royal Deeside is home to many fine castles, towns and local distilleries which can be enjoyed by all members of the family.
Aberdeen provides a wide variety of entertainment and leisure facilities, including top class restaurants, high quality golf courses and a wide range of high street shops.
Source Relocation is based at Belgrave House, 7 Belgrave Terrace (see map below) within the "hub" of Aberdeen's leasing community; from here we are well located to serve clients situated throughout Aberdeen and the surrounding area.
From this central location the Source Team can easily collect and meet with clients. In addition to this, being so close to the majority of the leasing agents and solicitor's means that we are always in contact with agents and up to date with what is available on the market, it also ensures that responding to any issues or queries can be done quickly and efficiently.
For the full Source Relocation postal or e-mail address please refer to the "Contact" section


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Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley is hosting a tutor training workshop at the St. Charles Public Library. The four-session workshop will be held from 6:30pm to 9:00pm on Mondays and Wednesdays, October 9, 11, 16, and 18.
Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley helps adults learn English by matching them with volunteer tutors one to one. Most of these adults have come from other countries to live in safety, to send their children to good schools, and to contribute to our economic well-being. With a little bit of help, they can be more productive members of our community.
Once you are trained, you will meet with an adult student for one hour each week. Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley arranges convenient, comfortable, and safe public locations for tutoring. Most tutors and students meet at local libraries.
From week to week, you will see your student get more comfortable and fluent in English and you will know you are making a big difference in their life. You will get guidance and support when you need it. Experienced tutors are glad to share what they have learned.
Residents who are interested in registering for tutor training can visit www.lvfv.org to register or call/text Peg at 630-584-4428.
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She is also a Certified Scrum Product Owner and Prince 2 Project Management Professional.
In her 30 plus years of business career, Joanna performed several roles:
- as an Information Systems Auditor
- Business Analyst
- Project Manager
- Management Consultant
- Digital Marketing Expert
- Product Owner
She has worked on projects in South Africa, Poland, Canada and Ireland in a wide variety of business sectors such Information Technology, Financial Services (Banking, Investments, Insurance), Construction, Real Estate, Public Sector (Police & Transportation), Non-profit, Telecommunications & Utilities.
The projects varied in nature and included – software development, process improvement, business transformation, profitability and cash flow improvement, regulatory compliance, user experience improvement, digital transformation and many more.
Joanna describes herself as mostly soft and cuddly type, but who nevertheless gets things done. She insists on finishing whatever she has started, and cleaning up afterwards.
In her spare time, Joanna travels to exotic destinations, reads voraciously (even the back of the milk cartons) and stares at sunsets at her local beach. She loves the wildlife and the unpredictability of the African bush. She has a pet bearded dragon called "Freddy" who has amassed more than 1500 Facebook fans ("Bearded Dragons Den") and a stray cat called Gearbox (don't ask, it is a long story).
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
Robert A. Heinlein